Manfred of Sicily

Manfred of Sicily (1232-26 February 1266) was the King of Sicily from 1258 to 1266. The son of Emperor Frederick II of Germany and his wife Bianca Lancia, Manfred was made King of Sicily after the Holy Roman Empire conquered Naples and Sicily. His rule was contested by the claims of the Papal States-backed House of Anjou and he was killed in the 1266 Battle of Benevento.

Biography
Manfred Lancia was the son of Emperor Frederick II of Germany of the Holy Roman Empire and his Italian wife Bianca Lancia, and was borrn in the city of Venaso in the Province of Potenza, southern Italy. He originally bore his mother's surname, but shared withy his father a love of poetry and science. On his deathbed, Frederick II had Manfred named Prince of Taranto and made him the representative of his half-brother Emperor Conrad IV of Germany in Italy.